Paan Singh Tomar, the UTV film based on a true story and starring Irrfan Khan and Mahi Gill, was the SAIFF centrepiece film, screened last night. Mr. Khan was moving and funny and earnest in the role. More later.
Category: Festival
SAIFF 2010 – Friday night
First up was a quaint, affectionate short, Grant Street Shaving Co., followed by a film that couldn’t be more different, Gandu. More about both later.
SAIFF 2010 Opening Night
On an unusually warm and humid autumn evening, a wave of film folk arrived at the SVA theater on West 23rd street for the opening of the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival. The man of the night was director Anurag Kashyap, here to present his latest: That Girl in Yellow Boots. While posing for […]
Tonight! DJ Tigerstyle + Mother India
As part of the Celebrate Brooklyn summer festival DJ Tigerstyle has finally made it across the pond to bring us his very special 21st century take on the classic Mother India. Details on tonight’s event here. And come back soon for an in-depth interview with DJ Tigerstyle about this unique project. PS – if you […]
Time is Mani (o Il Viaggio di Raavan a Venezia)
I always wondered when I’d get around to using that line. It’s a phrase that a friend exclaimed in Tamil class one day (because we had just been told the Tamil word for time is indeed “mani”). But now, it all seems strangely prophetic in a way….. If anyone ever had any doubts about […]
Bombay Cinema series at Lincoln Center
We really have it made here in NYC”¦..one day Hrithik Roshan is walking the red carpet for the premiere of his latest release (more on that later), and another day Lincoln Center is launching yet another series of Indian films. Yesterday, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with the IAAC and the Indian […]